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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2215995, member: 82616&quot;]I&#039;m really happy my CNG winning lot arrived today! It&#039;s a somewhat worse for wear tetradrachm struck for Vespasian in 69 or 70 AD</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]433487[/ATTACH]</p><p>AR Tetradrachm</p><p>Antioch mint, 69-70 AD</p><p>RPC 1940 (7 spec.)</p><p>Obv: AYTOKPAT KAIΣA OYEΣΠAΣIANOY; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.</p><p>Rev: T ΦΛAYI OYEΣΠ KAIΣ ETOYΣ NEOY IEPOY; Laureate Head of Titus, r.; in l. field, star; in r. field, B</p><p><br /></p><p>This regnal year 2 tetradrachm in &quot;Alexandrian&quot; style was most likely struck in Alexandria and then sent to Syria for circulation. Kevin Butcher speculates these &quot;Alexandrian&quot; styled tets were ordered by the southern Syrian cities for circulation in that part of the province. It&#039;s of interest to note that these tetradrachms in which Titus&#039; portrait is featured on the reverse may have been circulating in the region where he commanded the legions fighting the Jewish War. The star in the reverse left field may be some sort of mint control mark.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although the flan is somewhat flatly stuck near the bottom and the surfaces a bit rough, in hand it&#039;s a really nice piece. The main attraction here is the fine portrait of Titus on the reverse.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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